Women in New Religions

by Laura Vance

Book Overview

An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practice

Women in New Religions offers an engaging look at women's evolving place in the birth and development of new religious movements. It focuses on four disparate new religions--Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, The Family International, and Wicca--to illuminate their implications for gender socialization, religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479816027
• ISBN13: 9781479816026
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.8"